Unknown Chinese App on iPhone - Malware??

Battery Doctor is pulling up the wrong information about the name of some app you have on your phone from its database. Whatever app it's showing with a Chinese name is some other, perfectly legitimate app you have on your phone. Battery Doctor's database is just plain wrong. It's kind of like if I labeled a jar of white powder in my cupboard "Anthrax" because the only label I had for a white powdered substance said Anthrax. Just because I didn't know it was powdered sugar and put the wrong name on it doesn't make it dangerous. It would however, probably make me someone you'd want to keep out of the kitchen.

It is not malware. Is your phone jailbroken? If it is not jailbroken and it is an application you may easily remove it. If you d not see it on the list of applications I would bet it is not the app itself. It may be the name of the process some app is using. Similar issue here: Re: another malicious app?

I Also have this; showed up on battery doctor's list of apps when I released memory, and as it turns out the apps using power. Both on a now crashed 16gb iPhone 5, and the new (to me) freshly installed iOS 9 iPhone 5/32gb. Possibly it's from battery doctor itself, as I have installed very few apps when I noticed it again. And had new Apple ID with o contact with other phone. I never noticed this before update to iOS 9 however; old phone was on iOS 7 forever until Apple forced me to update. (Or maybe could say allowed me since never had room without deleting way too much on the phone). Related to this, after updating to iOS 9, I was always out of space. I ended up deleting between 5-7gb of apps/data and was still running out of space. Possibly this was iOS 9's fault, but possibly not. Neither phone was jail broken, and only apps from the App Store (although old phone did have a lot of apps on it). I have not even restored my contact list from old phone, so whatever the Chinese character process is, it didn't come from that phone.

Battery doctor has been reported as the cause of many problems in

these and other forums. Also its information is not always correct.

You may wish to delete Battery Doctor to see if the situation improves.

I concur with imobl. Get rid of Battery Doctor. The information it gives you is very often wrong.

I Have the exact same problem. What worries me is that if I delete Battery Doctor, I'm not convinced it will delete this App. What if it is an invisible SpyWare App and it is only visible in the Battery Doctor list of Apps that draw power??? Then the Spyware may still be there... There must be a better, surer way to get rid of this. I don't care about Battery Doctor, mediocre App at best.

ANybody have any ideas?

PRouleau wrote:

I Have the exact same problem. What worries me is that if I delete Battery Doctor, I'm not convinced it will delete this App. What if it is an invisible SpyWare App and it is only visible in the Battery Doctor list of Apps that draw power??? Then the Spyware may still be there... There must be a better, surer way to get rid of this. I don't care about Battery Doctor, mediocre App at best.

There is no app to delete. The problem is that Battery Doctor is giving you false information. It's mislabeling another app.

Unless you have jailbroken your phone, you really have nothing to worry about. There is no spyware that can be installed on your phone.

OK, I want to believe you. I never did any jailbreak on my phone. I have of course deleted the Battery Doctor App. May I ask how you know that it is displaying false information?

Thanks for the info.

PRouleau wrote:

OK, I want to believe you. I never did any jailbreak on my phone. I have of course deleted the Battery Doctor App. May I ask how you know that it is displaying false information?

Lots of experience with Battery Doctor. Is there a non-zero chance you have malware? Possibly. Is it close enough to zero to be not worth worrying about? Yes.

Apparently, I have this also. I'm not too keen on the answer(or non-answer) of 'delete battery doctor' as a solution. Someone has to know what this is. Does anyone use 'WhatsApp" that also has this strange Chinese file on their iPhone?

Kevin

I believe this unknown Chinese font app appeared after downloading a game that suddenly connected to a user base requiring points or coins to continue play. I deleted the game but this segment remains. Can anyone verify this possibility?

Xlynnt wrote:

I believe this unknown Chinese font app appeared after downloading a game that suddenly connected to a user base requiring points or coins to continue play. I deleted the game but this segment remains. Can anyone verify this possibility?

Please re-read the thread. Then, delete Battery Doctor.